Is there a way to hide compilations from the artist menu when appearing on an iPod?

I remember a few years ago, I couldn't find some artists on my iPod because they were hidden when part of a compilation. iTunes has updated numerous times and now that I'm trying to make my artist list easier to search through on my iPod, every artist synced (whether on a compilation or not) is in there. It makes it really hard to search through quickly. Haven't found any help for this in the current iTunes version.